History YMMV / MickeyMouse

* HarsherInHindsight: In a 1930 story arc in the comic strip, Mickey becomes despondent when Minnie dumps him for a city slicker and initiates a week of darkly funny half-hearted suicide attempts, one of which is to try to asphyxiate himself by turning on the gas in his house. Eight years later, Walt Disney's mother would die in exactly the same way (although it was accidental and not suicide).

* SpecialEffectsFailure: In the cartoon "The Duck Hunt", there are two scenes where the background is panning diagonally, and its really obvious that they just tilted the background--how, you ask? Because you can clearly see the bottom of the background in the bottom right corner of the screen!

* ArchivePanic: While not as infamous about this as WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, Mickey's career in {{animation}}, {{comics}}, TV shows, {{video games}} and merchandise spanning well over 85 years is very tough to manage for a casual fan. And considering he is the face of {{Disney}}, they're unlikely to stop making stuff with him anytime soon.

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* ArchivePanic: While not as infamous about this as WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, Mickey's career in {{animation}}, {{comics}}, TV shows, {{video games}} and merchandise spanning well over 85 years is very tough to manage for a casual fan. And considering he is the face of {{Disney}}, Creator/{{Disney}}, they're unlikely to stop making stuff with him anytime soon.

-->'''Disney:''' "Mickey's our problem child," ... "He's so much of an institution that we're limited in what we can do with him." He became respectable, bland, gentle, responsible, moral. Donald Duck was added to the Disney cast to provide the old vinegar and bile."

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-->'''Disney:''' "Mickey's our problem child," ... "He's so much of an institution that we're limited in what we can do with him." He became respectable, bland, gentle, responsible, moral. Donald Duck was added to the Disney cast to provide the old vinegar and bile."

* CreatorsPet: Walt clearly loved Mickey like a son and wanted the rest of the world to love him the same, hence why he put him front and center of the Disney company whilst being a huge ControlFreak about what could and couldn't be done with him. As a result, Mickey's name [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse#Pejorative_use_of_Mickey.27s_name became pejorative slang in some parts for basic and underwhelming]].

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* CreatorsPet: Walt clearly loved Mickey like a son and wanted the rest of the world to love him the same, hence why he put him front and center of the Disney company whilst being a huge ControlFreak about what could and couldn't be done with him. As a result, Mickey's name [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse#Pejorative_use_of_Mickey.27s_name became pejorative slang in some parts for basic and underwhelming]]. Amusingly even Walt himself became aware how much he had limited Mickey:-->'''Disney:''' "Mickey's our problem child," ... "He's so much of an institution that we're limited in what we can do with him." He became respectable, bland, gentle, responsible, moral. Donald Duck was added to the Disney cast to provide the old vinegar and bile."

* ArchivePanic: While not as infamous about this as WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, Mickey's career in animation, comics, tv shows, video games and merchandise spanning well over 85 years is very tough to manage for a casual fan. And considering he is the face of Disney, they're unlikely to stop making stuff with him anytime soon.

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* ArchivePanic: While not as infamous about this as WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, Mickey's career in animation, comics, tv {{animation}}, {{comics}}, TV shows, video games {{video games}} and merchandise spanning well over 85 years is very tough to manage for a casual fan. And considering he is the face of Disney, {{Disney}}, they're unlikely to stop making stuff with him anytime soon.soon.* CreatorsPet: Walt clearly loved Mickey like a son and wanted the rest of the world to love him the same, hence why he put him front and center of the Disney company whilst being a huge ControlFreak about what could and couldn't be done with him. As a result, Mickey's name [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse#Pejorative_use_of_Mickey.27s_name became pejorative slang in some parts for basic and underwhelming]].

* MyRealDaddy: While practically synonymous with Creator/WaltDisney, some attribute Mickey more to Creator/UbIwerks as he was the one who designed him. Others opt for co-creator status (Disney with his personality, Iwerks with his design). There's also Creator/FloydGottfredson, who retained Mickey's adventurous personality in the comics for several decades.

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* MyRealDaddy: MyRealDaddy: ** While practically synonymous with Creator/WaltDisney, some attribute Mickey more to Creator/UbIwerks as he was the one who designed him. Others opt for co-creator status (Disney with his personality, Iwerks with his design). There's also Creator/FloydGottfredson, who retained Mickey's adventurous personality in the comics for several decades.

* VanillaProtagonist: One of the most iconic cases. Mickey's increasingly laid back personality made him look like a FlatCharacter compared to more abrasive and emotional co stars such as Donald, Goofy or even Pluto, thus he slowly ended up DemotedToExtra in the classic shorts. Modern projects attempt with wavering success to make him star material again, even if ultimately, his StraightMan role is still the most iconic.

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* VanillaProtagonist: One of the most iconic cases. Mickey's increasingly laid back personality made him look like a FlatCharacter compared to more abrasive and emotional co stars such as Donald, Goofy or even Pluto, thus he slowly ended up DemotedToExtra in the classic shorts. Modern projects attempt with wavering success to make him star material again, even if ultimately, his StraightMan role is still the most iconic. A common portrayal of Mickey in modern projects tends to make him something of a CompositeCharacter of himself, combining the NiceGuy persona with the mischievous adventurer persona.

* VanillaProtagonist: One of the most iconic cases. Mickey's increasingly laid back personality made him look like a FlatCharacter compared to more abrasive co stars such as Donald, Goofy or even Pluto, thus he slowly ended up DemotedToExtra in the classic shorts. Modern projects attempt with wavering success to make him star material again, even if ultimately, his StraightMan role is still the most iconic.

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* VanillaProtagonist: One of the most iconic cases. Mickey's increasingly laid back personality made him look like a FlatCharacter compared to more abrasive and emotional co stars such as Donald, Goofy or even Pluto, thus he slowly ended up DemotedToExtra in the classic shorts. Modern projects attempt with wavering success to make him star material again, even if ultimately, his StraightMan role is still the most iconic.

* VanillaProtagonist: One of the most iconic cases. Mickey's increasingly laid back personality made him look like a FlatCharacter compared to more abrasive co stars such as Donald, Goofy or even Pluto, thus he slowly ended up DemotedToExtra in the classic shorts. Modern projects attempt with wavering success to make him star material again, even if ultimately, his StraightMan role is still the most iconic.

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